- future tense of sober.
Example Sentences
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“I hope that everything that was said today will sober up any potential aggressor,” said Putin.
From Reuters • Mar. 1, 2018
“I hope that everything that was said today will sober up any potential aggressor,” said Putin.
From Reuters • Mar. 1, 2018
"Listen to me," said Asie, "and that will sober you.—Though you do not love Madame du Val-Noble, you love your daughter, I suppose?"
From Scenes from a Courtesan's Life by Balzac, Honoré de
Oh, bless you, sir! they will not examine or try him; they will sober him off, and then discharge him.
From Fighting for the Right by Shute, A. B.
"Hush, children! he is not seriously hurt, and the pain will sober him so that he can tell us where to go," said Austin with a good deal of inward satisfaction.
From The Hero of Hill House by Hale, Mabel
